Great photo Bill and the treatment fits the age of the mangle.... we called them ringers here in CA.... but i have never seen one this old... if you watched your Grandmother use one of these....than YOU must be as old as dirt....peter

Bill Phillips: LOL! Well the one she used was a bit more modern!

Philine

Germany

1 Jun 2011, 06:57

Why jokes? I remember well that my mother and I brought in a big basket our bedlinnen... to a mangle/Mangel and I remember well the scene, the air and the smell in the rooms ... I like your series and the old "bits and doings!

Bill Phillips: There are jokes about grandma and mangles Philine but you wouldn't know them and i won't tell you. I'm pleased you have enjoyed the series, this is the last one for now

Promise not to laugh if I tell you I can remember using a mangle, too, Bill?! But it was a little more modern this this one. HA! With 10 people in the family, I think Mom thought it made more sense, back when cotton sheets were not wrinkle-free!

Bill Phillips: Of course I won't laugh. The one we had was more modern than this but the principle was the same!